Break through the limitations of wired listening. Unplug your Solo2 Wireless, pair with your Bluetooth device and move freely for up to 30 feet of wireless listening.

Immerse yourself in an emotional sound experience. The Solo2 Wireless has a dynamic and wide range of sound with a natural clarity. The ear cup padding buffers outside noise, bringing you closer to what the artist intended you to hear.

Visually, the Beats lineup is possibly the most recognizable headphone design made since the 80s, even if that makes audiophiles cringe. You’ve seen them on the heads or resting around the necks of pro athletes and pop stars during press conferences and music videos—and that familiar look is a brand unto itself at this point. In other words: Beats isn’t going to mess with the formula too much. The Beats Studio looks, to the casual observer, like most other Beats pairs that came before it, offered in shiny red, white, or black, with a bright red lowercase B logo on each ear.

Features and design

At the moment, the 14 7000 series is available in three fixed configurations starting at $800 (£599, AU $1,300; configurations vary by region ). That’s $50 less than the entry model we tested last year, but Dell used a 1,366×768-pixel resolution touch display this time around instead of the 1,920×1,080 display we got last time.

The base model also has a newer Intel Core i5-4210U processo, 6GB of memory, integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400, and a 500GB 5,400rpm hard drive. Pony up $200 more and get the full HD touch display, 2GB more of RAM, and a dual-core Core i7-4510U CPU. Throw in another $50 on top of that and Dell puts in a 32GB mSATA SSD to accompany the 500GB hard drive (which is the model tested here).